Journalism by hype: the anatomy of a house price crisis story
Ken Gibb examines a media story on the housing market, to scrutinise the facts of the story and the quality of analyis.
Shaping Futures: Housing Policies for the 21st Century
The talks from Shaping Futures: Housing Policies for the 21st Century seminar on 8 December 2015 with Duncan MacLennan and Michael Lennon are now available to view online. You can watch the lectures below and download the presentations. Shaping Future Housing Policy: A New Political Economy By Duncan MacLennan, University of Glasgow Download the presentation:…
Five things you find out in a European refugee camp
Unexpected, uplifting or challenging experiences encountered by volunteers in refugee camps in Lesbos and Calais.
Human Rights Act Consultation
Human Rights Act Consultation By Kurt Mills, Convenor, Glasgow Human Rights Network The government in Westminster announced in May 2015 that it intended to replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights. No specific government proposals have been published yet, although the Conservative Party did publish an initial document on ‘Protecting Human…
Challenges faced by Central & East European migrants: welfare and support services in rural Scotland
In advance of the Policy Scotland Welfare Reform Network’s event Dr Holly Porteous writes on challenges facing migrants from Central and Eastern Europe who are living, working and accessing social security services in rural Scotland.
Event: Supporting Migrants in Welfare Reform
Workshop that sought to explore the impacts of welfare reform on migrants in Scotland.
Through a glass, darkly: Glimpsing Scotland’s constitutional future
Ful text of lecture by Professor Jim Gallagher reflecting on where Scotland stands a year after the Independence Referendum.
Syria and the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis: A Failure of International Responsibilities
By Dr Kurt Mills, Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights, Convenor of the Glasgow Human Rights Network The crisis of humanity we see in the Mediterranean and Europe is part of a much larger complex of issues related to how the international community deals with war, atrocities and humanitarian crises. The situation where hundreds of…
Event: Work Capability Assessment: What Now?
Policy Scotland Welfare Reform Network event to discuss current issues with the Work Capability Assessment.
Through a Glass Darkly: The Shape of Scotland’s Constitutional Future
Lecture by Professor Jim Gallagher one year on from the Independence Referendum in which he argues that it’s time for an act of “constitutional generosity”.